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Lily Rothman
Lily Rothman is managing editor at TIME. She was also the founding editor of TIME’s history section.
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The Real History of Medieval Knights Makes Brienne's Big 'Game of Thrones' Moment Even More Meaningful
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By Lily Rothman
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Valyrian Steel
"Somebody came up to us and said, 'Hey, I think those steel compositions you’re using are identical to those in the famed Damascus steels'"
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What a Watergate Expert Thinks of the Mueller Report
"I was just struck by how many echoes there were"
By Lily Rothman
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A Major Moment Took Place in the Crypts Beneath Winterfell. Here's the Real History Behind the Key 'Game of Thrones' Location
What the real medieval past can tell us about the resting place of the Kings in the North
By Lily Rothman
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Why History Looks Different Through a Mother's Eyes
It’s said that history is written by the victors, but it would also be fair to say it typically isn’t written by people who are busy birthing, nursing or tending to babies, victorious though they...
By Lily Rothman
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As the world waits to see what happens with the Mueller report, American history offers parallels for a few possible futures
By Lily Rothman
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As Grand Canyon National Park Turns 100, Its Chief Ranger Plans for the Next Century
If you want strangers to ask to take a photo with you, walk around in a park ranger’s uniform. As chief ranger at Grand Canyon National Park, Matthew Vandzura knows this well. Even on a...
By Lily Rothman
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How One Man's Autograph Collection Is a Surprising Window Into a Changing World
The Caracas-based collector, who was featured in TIME in 1963, has about 1,500 issues of the magazine autographed by the cover subject
By TIME Video and Lily Rothman
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How Roger Stone Connects Trump and Nixon
Stone, who has been arrested on charges linked to the Mueller investigation, was still a teen when he began working with the Nixon campaign
By Lily Rothman
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'The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee' Author David Treuer on Why We Need to Change the Way Indian Stories Are Told
"We gave people permission to settle here in exchange for recognition of our tribal sovereignty. If that troubles people, they can move."
By Lily Rothman
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Study Reveals Just How Much—And How Little—Canadians Really Know About the Holocaust
A full 22% of Millennial respondents were less that totally sure that they'd ever heard or seen the word "Holocaust"
By Lily Rothman
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A new PBS documentary series takes a look at those commonalities
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January 8, 2019
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From an electric toothbrush to discount airfare deals
By Patrick Lucas Austin , Alex Fitzpatrick , Jamie Ducharme , Rachel E. Greenspan and Lily Rothman
December 7, 2018
The Real History Behind The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’s Trip to the Catskills ‘Borscht Belt’
How the Borscht Belt came to be
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See Inside the Private Family Life of a Young George H.W. Bush
Photographer Leonard McCombe captured the balance of Bush’s life
By Lily Rothman and Liz Ronk
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3 Crucial Life Lessons From President George H.W. Bush
1. Be nice, but not weak
By Lily Rothman
December 1, 2018
The Story Behind George H.W. Bush's Famous 'Read My Lips, No New Taxes' Promise
How the "no new taxes" line went down in history
By Lily Rothman
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What the Artist Behind a Comics-Style History of Anti-Fascist Resistance Thinks You Should Know About Antifa
The artist behind an antifa history comic book talks to TIME
By Lily Rothman
November 8, 2018
Mail Bombs Rocked American Politics a Century Ago. Here's What a Historian Thinks That Moment Has to Teach Us
In 1919, three dozen prominent figures were the targets of a coordinated mail-bomb campaign
By Lily Rothman
October 26, 2018
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Updated — Nov. 15, 2018: The cover of TIME’s latest issue features a modern version of Freedom of Worship, the iconic 1943 Norman Rockwell painting. Here’s the story behind the picture. It was no surprise...
By Lily Rothman
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